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In this article, we tried to take stock of the state of the art in ultrasonic-assisted lipoplasty focusing on its most recent technologic advances and in the newest clinical applications, such as overweight, obesity, breast surgery and rege…

[INTRODUCTION AND AIM] Inguinocrural dermolipectomy is a constantly increasing surgical procedure, especially for postbariatric patients with significant weight loss. The "crescent medial" and "vertical medial" thigh lifting techniques (CMT…

[UNLABELLED] Postbariatric surgery, either by itself or in association with other procedures, tries to correct physical defects and body deformities. Because of the intrinsic complexity of massive weight loss (MWL) patients, more than a sin…

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is the use of 100% oxygen at pressures more than atmospheric. Several approved applications and indications exist for HBOT in the literature. Non-healing wounds, such as diabetic and vascular insufficiency u…

In the last years, number of rhinoplasty operations is ever increasing, but what can be done when there is a contraindication to use a vasoconstrictor? In our case, we presented our perioperative management of a female patient, epinephrine …

[OBJECTIVE] To examine the difference between outcomes in the administration of concurrent endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS), septoplasty (SP), and rhinoplasty (RP) and concurrent ESS and SP in 1 single surgical session. [METHODS] Patients wh…

[BACKGROUNDS] Obese patients, mainly females, feel uncomfortable and unsatisfied with their physical appearance; they have a wrong perception of their image and consequently diminish their self-esteem, sometimes showing difficulties in func…

[INTRODUCTION] Nevoid hyperkeratosis of the nipple and/or areola (NHNA) is a benign lesion with a female predominance and an aesthetically disturbing appearance. Spontaneous remission is not reported and medical treatments proposed so far h…

[OBJECTIVE] Even if the safety of the polyurethane prosthesis has been the subject of many studies and professional and public controversies. Nowadays, polyurethane covered implants are very popular in plastic surgery for the treatment of c…

[BACKGROUND] Obesity is a worldwide problem that affects millions of people from a medical and psychological point of view. To solve the related complications, patients should lose weight with the consequent need to be subjected to body con…

Obesity is associated with structural alterations in subcutaneous small resistance arteries. The aim of the present work is to study modifications of perforators vessels of abdominal wall and subcutaneous tissue characteristics in obese pat…

Multiple symmetric lipomatosis (MSL) is a rare disease of unknown etiology, characterized by the presence of multiple, symmetrical, noncapsulated lipomas, mostly in the neck and upper trunk. To date, there is no effective medical treatment …

[BACKGROUND] No perfect solution yet exists for dermal fillers. The authors hypothesized that autologous dermis can be processed in an operator-friendly manner and adopted in selected patients as a filler, following the principle of replaci…

Breast prostheses have been criticized for being responsible for triggering systemic autoimmune disease. The presence of breast implants causes a natural foreign body reaction characterized by the infiltration of macrophages and T-cells. Us…

A 52-year-old woman came to our department about correcting a severe soft-tissue laxity after a weight loss of 67 kg. We performed a deep-plane face lift under sedation with local anesthesia. Three hours after the operation the patient had …

[BACKGROUND] The "minimal scar technique" for breast reduction, developed by Marchac, Lassus, and Lejour, has become an increasingly practiced alternative to standard operative procedures. [METHODS] The authors introduced the modified "Lej…